For almost four decades, your support has helped us to work with people with disabilities to identify the biggest challenges they face and identify and develop solutions to overcome them. With each of these initiatives, we’re working together to create an accessible and inclusive world where people with disabilities can live to their full potential.
The Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ program
Our Accessibility Certification program helps identify physical barriers in the built environment and develops tools and resources to improve accessibility in communities across Canada.
Rating & Certification
Get your building rated for accessibility, and learn steps you can take to improve and achieve certification status.
Accessibility Training and Education
Expand your knowledge, discover how to promote inclusion, or close organizational skill gaps through our accessibility training options.
Access In Motion
Access a range of accessibility advisory services designed to support organizations on their journey towards increased accessibility for people of all abilities.
Accessibility Professional Network
Join a national community of accessibility practitioners and leaders to access professional development, collaboration, and networking opportunities.
The Rick Hansen Foundation School Program
Our School Program supports educators, children, and youth to understand diversity and disability inclusion, empowering them to become champions in their own schools and communities. Because of the support of our donors, we are able to offer tailored tools, resources, and presentations at no charge.
Educational Resources
Download educational resources to help teach students about disability, access and inclusion.
Ambassador Presentations
Book an in-person or virtual presentation with an RHF Ambassador with lived experience to share their story, create awareness, and spark dialogue.
Difference Maker of the Year Awards
Nominate an individual, class, or youth group that is making a positive impact for disability inclusion and accessibility.
The Rick Hansen Foundation Accessible Outdoors Program
We are removing barriers to accessibility in the outdoors to enable people with disabilities to access nature. Thanks to the support of our donors, the program focuses on:
Supporting Everyone to Access Nature
We are empowering people with disabilities to access outdoor spaces with confidence and dignity.
Catalyzing Change through Difference Makers
Working collectively towards progress, we are motivating and educating individuals and organizations committed to removing barriers to the outdoors.
Advancing SCI Cure & Care
We support organizations, programs, and groundbreaking research that improves the lives of those living with a spinal cord injury (SCI).
Investing in SCI Research
We continue to invest in world-class SCI research, rehabilitation, and innovation through its long-standing partnership with the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre.
Strengthening Systems of Care
We work on strengthening systems of care with the BC SCI Care Strategy. The strategy takes a lifelong view of SCI, spanning the continuum from injury and acute care through rehabilitation and community reintegration.
Awareness and Leadership
Through campaigns, ongoing storytelling, and amplification of lived experiences, we continue to shift attitudes and raise awareness about accessibility and inclusion. Thanks to donor support, we engage in strategic partnerships and government coalitions to raise the voices of people with disabilities and champion progressive policy improvements.
National AccessAbility Week
Inspired by Rick Hansen’s Man In Motion World Tour, National AccessAbility Week starts on the last Sunday in May and is an opportunity to celebrate Canadians with disabilities and raise awareness of the critical need for accessibility and inclusion for all. The Rick Hansen Foundation is honoured to be one of the 11 recipients of this landmark investment.
National Disability Initiative
The National Disability Initiative Working Group is a 5-year initiative that was established in December 2024, thanks to The Slaight Family Foundation’s historic $30 million gift in support of Canadians with disabilities.
40th Anniversary Celebrations
Over the next two years, we’ll be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Rick Hansen’s Man In Motion World Tour and the incredible progress Canadians have made toward inclusion and accessibility, while recognizing how far we still have to go.